My Bug & Blight Photos

[Thawley]

This is all from the four plants my wife planted in early March. That's before I started READING about tomatoes here and elsewhere. So they were just stuck in the dirt at the end of the lawn before I knew anything about soil or propper planting techniques.

Suggestions? Comments? Observations from the audience???







Click here to see the Complete Slide Show of photos.

Thawley

[Thawley]

No help???


Anybody?

[bcday]

Some of the ones in your slide show look like septoria, a very common fungal disease that Daconil should take care of.

The separate large pic of the dried-up blossoms just looks like ordinary blossom drop, unfortunately also common, especially if the weather has been hot or very humid.

Hopefully someone who is familiar with TSWV will look at the other two large pics that you have posted separately, and say whether that is TSWV or plain old septoria. We don't have TSWV around here that I know of, so I'm not familiar with it.

[Thawley]

Originally Posted by bcday

Hopefully someone who is familiar with TSWV will look at the other two large pics that you have posted separately, and say whether that is TSWV or plain old septoria. We don't have TSWV around here that I know of, so I'm not familiar with it.

TSWV? What's that stand for?

Thanks

[bcday]

TSWV = Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus

Google has a lot of info online about it, so you can find out if it's a problem in your area and what it looks like. In the meantime you can try Daconil or another fungicidal spray for septoria. Check the label to make sure that whatever spray you use is safe for vegetable crops.

[shelleybean]

I've had TSWV but there just isn't enough spotting on these leaves for me to tell. Is the spotting getting worse rapidly?

The first picture does look like blossom drop to me too.